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clear partition mounting

The clear partition mounting control function prevents a partition from being mounted when the drive is recognized. The partition is specified either by its logical drive number or its block address on the media. A controlErr is returned if the partition does not have a partition map entry on the media or partition mounting could not be cleared.


Parameter block

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csCode

A value of 48.
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ioVRefNum

The logical drive number or 0 if using partition block address
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csParam[ ]

The partition block address (long) if ioVRefNum param = 0.
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ioResult

See result codes.
RESULT CODES

noErr

0 Successful completion, no error occurred

controlErr

-17 Unimplemented control function; could not complete requested operation

nsDrvErr

-56 The specified logical drive number does not exist

© 1999 Apple Computer, Inc. — (Last Updated 30 Oct 97)

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